Welcome to our forums!

Sign In or Register to gain full access to our forums. Registration is free, and you'll be able to have full access to our forum, chat, ads, galleries, classifieds, blogs, and all other features of our community.

alliesmom

Community Stats

GroupModerator

Active Posts9,519

Profile Views35,574

Member TitleGuide Dog

Age45 years old

BirthdayMarch 19, 1973

Gender

Female

Location

Providence, RI

Interests

My main interest is loving and caring for my 2 IG girls, Allie and Riley, as well as my cat, Sabrina. I adore all animals, but I have a passion for IGs. This passion began with my first IG, Tara, who is waiting for me at the Rainbow Bridge. I love anything that involves IGs; spending time with Allie and Riley, attending East Coast IG Rescue events, SHOPPING for Allie's and Riley's wardrobes, and of course, communicating with other IG Whispers members. Aside from IGs, my interests include reading a variety of genres and being with friends and family, especially my 13 year old niece, Ella. Professionally, I am a reading specialist for first and second grades. Although I enjoy teaching, the best thing about my job is the long summer vacation, during which I am free to spend endless hours with Allie and Riley.

OK...an update...I just got an email from my recipient to let me know that the box is on her kitchen table. She has not opened it yet. I might jump out of my skin waiting to see if she and her IG like everything I sent.

Alessia, don't feel that you have to go crazy with the SS experience. Some of us go bonkers. I shop all year long for the iggies and parents that I get and I do this because that's what I like to do, but this is certainly not expected. Although I always appreciate the gifts my girls receive, the giving is my favorite part. And you absolutely do not have to wrap the gifts. I do it because I think it's fun. In all honesty, I think my girls had more fun the year my Secret Santa didn't wrap the gifts because they were able to climb into the box and pull out the toys. I have fun opening wrapped gifts, but my girls don't realize that wrapped gifts are for them. Whatever you get for your recipient will be appreciated. Nobody is holding you to any kind of standard or judging you. I hope you will be able to relax and enjoy yourself because that's what the exchange is all about. Oh, and you don't have to shop online. I am an online shopping fiend so that's where I get most of my gifts, but gifts from the local pet store are just as perfect. I don't want to give you too many gift ideas because I might be giving away everything that I sent to my recipient, but they should arrive on Friday and then you'll know what I sent. And again, don't worry when you see all of the gifts I sent. It is not typical to go quite as overboard as I do. I just can't help myself! Have fun with this.

Love it!!! Wow, beautiful, you are an artist ♥ ♥ ♥Today I buy the box I will send this year and it's huge and already full, I need to buy a last thing and pack it all and see how to accommodate everything lol, I MUST close it as soon as I buy the last thing because I will continue buying things hahahaha I AM A SHOPAHOLIC!!!!!!! ^.^ !!!!!!

I'm with you, Alexssa. I sealed up my box this morning to prevent me from buying anymore. One gift has not come in yet, but it seems to have gotten lost in the mail. When it eventually does arrive, I will send it separately. The rest of the gifts are going to embark on their journey this week! I know, it's early but I am too excited to wait. My recipient should be opening gifts later this week or early next week...yippee!

I have done SO much shopping online for my SS recipient over the past couple of days! I think I'm actually done shopping. Now I have to wait for everything to arrive, wrap it up, and pack it in my big box. What fun!

Heck Deb, I would be happy with just the box! lol Who do you use for shipping? I guess they don't mind the stuff on the box as long as they can read the address on the top right? I used UPS last year. Did your niece help you again this year? Love it!

Karen, I use UPS for shipping and they have never had a problem with my "busy" boxes. My niece wasn't as interested in helping decorate the box this year as she has been in past years. She's a busy teenager now, you know! Lol. I had to take over the box decorating for her, but I had fun.